Eleanor qualified as a nurse in 2014 specialising in acute respiratory and critical care at the Royal Brompton and King's College Hospital. She moved to research nursing where she managed both the emergency medicine & trauma and critical care research teams. It was in this role that Eleanor developed her interest in point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) and achieved accreditation in FUSIC heart and lung ultrasound.

In 2019, Eleanor was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study advanced echo with specialist nurses in Sydney, Australia. On her return, she commenced a NIHR pre-doctoral clinical academic fellowship over one year to complete her MSc and prepare for a NIHR doctoral research fellowship application which she was successful in gaining in 2022.

Since then, Eleanor has been working on her PhD due to finish at the end of 2026. Her focus is on evaluating the training of critical care clinicians (nurses, ACCPs, physios, doctors) in PoCUS and the implementation process required for successful integration of PoCUS as part of routine care within the ICU.